The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 26, 2052
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
9:21 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.04° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.29° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.